The Trump administration bombing Syria is a largely controversial event tearing America in half.  This is largely due to the disconnect in information.  The media has the ability to skew the thoughts and opinions of Americans based on the information that they chose to show.  Depending on which news outlet was used, opinions could be favored for or against the attack.   Some people saw the attack as a move to show power and strength and threaten the Syrian government.  Others were able to recognize that the attack was to destroy a large supply of chemicals that were planning on being used for future attacks.  Syria had been warned numerous time by multiple different governments not to have chemical war fare.  After disregarding the messages, America took the move to attack this supply.

It has become extremely difficult to determine which media outlets are factual and which ones are presenting the whole story.  With today’s technology, many people receive their news through short videos stories posted on social media.  It is also amazing how different the same story can be told from news station to news station.  In my opinion, this inability to determine the full story is causing a greater divide in the nation.  There needs to be a better way for Americans to get the full news stories of what is happening in the world around them so that opinions can be formed on facts rather than from stories that are manipulated to make people think in the way that they want.

Bill O’Reilly is ranked as one of the top hosts in the news industry. Sexual harassment allegations ended O’Reilly’s career just recently. Even though Bill O’Reilly is not a part of Fox News at this point, he stated that it was “tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims.

Through many trials and tribulations about all of these sexual harassment allegations, Fox has stood by O’Reilly the whole time. The comments that were made in this article are very private and want to keep the people that made these claims unknown. In my opinion, I believe that this article just gives the people that ended Bill O’Reilly’s career.

Sunday, April 9th, United Airlines overbooked flights going from Chicago O’Hare to Louisville, KY. To further work accommodations, United Airlines needed to get four crew members to the Louisville, KY base. The employees of United Airlines offered any of the passengers first $400 then $800, but none of the passengers wanted to lose their seat on the flight. To create the space, they needed the employees of United decided to randomly select four passengers on the computer to create room on the, but one of the passengers wouldn’t move.

USA Today said officials were told to remove him from the plane. The Chicago O’Hare Security ended up dragging him off the aircraft. Sources say the passenger being dragged off, a doctor, was refusing to get off the plane because he had to get home to tend to patients Monday morning.

Instead of offering the extra passenger money for compensation, United Airlines decided it was the best to just drag the unwilling individual down the middle on the plane and told him to get on a later flight.

United Airlines then put a statement out saying, “apologies for having to re-accommodate their customers.” Why not treat your paying customers with the accommodations they deserve the first time around? If they did, none of this would’ve happened.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/04/13/united-dao-lawsuit-ceo-apology-airlines-social-media-ralph-nader-column/100420074/

On April 6, The Daily Illini posted a story on the Men’s Gymnastics Big Ten Championship that is being hosted by our own Illinois men’s gymnastics team held at the State Farm Center. The Illinois men’s gymnastics is ranked second in the Big Ten.
The Big Ten Championship is one of the biggest meets for men’s gymnastics. The Illini have a great chance of winning it this year. They took third last year behind The Ohio State and Minnesota. The Illini are hoping to put up the biggest scores of their season this weekend as they take on their biggest rival, The Buckeyes that are currently ranked first in the Big Ten.
Will Gerard, the writer for the Daily Illini, put direct quotes from Senior, Matt Foster and Head Coach, Justin Springs. To get more information about this upcoming event, read more about it on the Daily Illini. Hyperlink posted below.

Illinois men’s gymnastics hosts Big Ten Championships